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This podcast shares entrepreneurial stories from the State College area to inspire learning, innovation, creativity and taking on a new perspective. Each episode features a new individual who shares their stories of failure as well as lessons learned from taking on an entrepreneurial state of mind.
Season 3
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Episode 3
This is the last episode of the Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017 podcast. Get an inside look into some of the guest speakers and workshops that took place during GEW.
Theme music: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Episode 2
Two GEW speakers, Harshil Patel and Erin Weidemann, discuss their entrepreneurial journeys and provide some advice to young entrepreneurs.
Theme music: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Global Entrepreneurship Week: Episode 1
Three individuals discuss what they have gotten out of Global Entrepreneurship Week at Penn State in the past--including a sense of community and a lunch with President Barron--and why students should attend GEW this year.
Theme music: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Episode 7: Jon Gumble, K'nex
Meet Jon Gumble, a Penn State graduate who started out as an engineering major and, after a crazy turn of events, eventually became a designer for K'nex. Watch the video showing Gumble's favorite display he's built here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JArzuHYaXug
Credit for the theme music goes to Roger Plexico.
Season 2
Episode 6: Mod Zero
Meet Luke Yost, a Penn State junior studying material science and engineering. He is the founder of Mod Zero, a student startup with the technology to swap scopes between rifles without losing zero. Mod Zero is one of the five finalist teams in the Ag Springboard pitch competition.
Episode 5: Green Towers
Meet Dustin Betz (left) and Jared Yarnall-Schane (right), 2012 Ag Springboard winners. Dustin graduated from Penn State in 2014 with a degree in plant biology. Jared graduated in 2015 with a degree in mechanical engineering. They won the pitch competition with their vertical farming business pitch, called Green Towers.
Episode 4: The Warchest Project
Meet Nathan Pearlman, a Penn State junior majoring in food science who has entered Ag Springboard with the Warchest Project. He and his business partner, Sami Beining (junior — biorenewable systems), came up with the idea to repurpose military ammo cans as tailgating essentials, and now hope to win Ag Springboard with their idea to receive $7,500 worth of funding to make it happen.
Check out Warchest Supply Co.'s Facebook page here
Season 1
Episode 3: Phospholutions
Meet Hunter Swisher, a Penn state student passionate about finding ways to reduce the amount of harmful chemicals entering our waterways. He also gives a very unique perspective on the ideal entrepreneur.
Like their Facebook page here
Episode 2: Ruffed Outdoors
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Meet Torin Miller, the managing partner of Ruffed Outdoors. His business designs camouflage apparel based on the feathers of the ruffed grouse, the Pennsylvania state bird.
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Visit his website at www.ruffedoutdoors.com
In this first episode of An Entrepreneurial State of Mind, I interview entrepreneur Mary Elizabeth McCulloch, a recent Penn State graduate who has created a device that gives a voice to the voiceless.
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Visit her website at projectvive.com
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